Religious education for offspring of Muslim converts

THE offspring of Muslim converts can enrol at Arabic schools and other religious institutions to elevate their religious knowledge. They can then pass on this acquired knowledge to their respective ethnic groups, helping to spread Islam through the language of their respective ethnic group.

Meanwhile, the minister in his speech underlined the incentives the Government of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam provides to new converts. These include festive conversion ceremonies to celebrate their acceptation of Islam as their religious faith, guidance classes to further enhance understanding of Islam and opportunity to perform Haj, among others.

He expressed hopes freethinkers would consider embracing Islam, a religion that is simple and beautiful, and urged converts to preserve the Muslim identity in order to receive blessings from Allah the Almighty and not to be easily influenced by matters that may confuse their Islamic faith.

The ceremony continued with a prize presentation to five recipients of the ‘Anugerah Khas Da’ie’ and ‘Anugerah Saudara Baru Teladan’ (Model New Convert) Award presented by the guest of honour.

Prizes were also awarded to winners of Al-Quran reading competition, memorising verses of the Holy Al-Quran competition and the 33rd National Dakwah Song Competition for New Converts.

The ceremony concluded with a recitation of Doa Selamat, following which the guest of honour was taken on a tour of a mini exhibition featuring various handicraft made by new converts.